The Taiwan Birth Panel Study: a prospective cohort study for environmentally- related child health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Taiwan Birth Panel Study (TBPS) is a prospective follow-up study to investigate the development of child health and disease in relation to in-utero and/or early childhood environmental exposures. The rationale behind the establishment of such a cohort includes the magnitude of potential environmental exposures, the timing of exposure window, fatal and children's susceptibility to toxicants, early exposure delayed effects, and low-level or unknown neurodevelopmental toxicants.

Methods

A total of 486 mother-infant paired was enrolled from April 2004 to January 2005 in this study. Maternal blood before delivery, placenta and umbilical cord blood at birth, and mothers' urine after delivery were collected. The follow-up was scheduled at birth, 4, 6 months, and 1, 2

SUBMITTER: Hsieh CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3170609 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature